Hours after he was arrested, the BJP on August 23 suspended its Telangana Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh from the party for allegedly making controversial statements and outraging religious feelings of a particular religion.
The letter signed by Om Pathak, Member Secretary, Central Disciplinary Committe, BJP, stated that Mr. Singh had expressed views contrary to the party’s position on various matters.
Mr. Singh, the firebrand BJP leader, had posted a video on Youtube allegedly referring to a particular community and to the recently concluded stand-up comedy show by Munawar Faruqui in Hyderabad. In the video, now removed from the video uploading site, Mr. Singh allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
